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Elephant seal

Elephant seal/True seal/Seal/Carnivore/Mammal/Vertebrate/Animal

Mirounga leonina

Sagittal transection of an Elephant seal skull. This is the left side of the skull, attached to an exhibition base.

VT099

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Mirounga
Species: leonina
Field Collection Place: Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Islands, Southern Ocean
Storage Method: Skeletal
Department: Vertebrates
Accession Number: VT099
On Display: No

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